About the Author

Anna OBrien was born with a big mouth, big heart, and big ideas. She shares her life, learning, and fearless fashion sense daily on glitterandlazers.com. Once a side project, Glitter + Lazers has quickly grown to become a cornerstone in the plus size, motivational, and fashion communities. Anna is also an accomplished global speaker-having presented in almost a dozen countries, at events such as SXSW, adweek, Social Media Week, emetrics, and M2C. She is known for her candid and captivating presentation style and her ability to transform difficult concepts into executable steps. Over the past ten years she has built a career on innovation and creative problem solving-helping some of the worlds biggest and best brands shift the way they engage and learn from their consumers. An early advocate for social media, Anna helped to build the initial social media program at Citibank. Most recently Anna worked at Sprinklr, first consulting with the worlds top brands on innovating through social media, and later leading the development and strategy behind Sprinklrs Content Marketing and Influencer software. Where left brain meets right is where youll find Anna. A data-centric individual since day one, Anna has a masters degree in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences from Columbia University. She is deeply embedded in the new technology, social media, and digital communities and intimately familiar with the latest and greatest trends, strategies, technology, and social networks.